Last week, the trailer for the new Brad Pitt zombie movie “World War Z” was released online. Can the slower zombies of “The Walking Dead” compare to the sprinting dead of “World War Z”? Let’s check out the latest episode of “The Walking Dead,” titled “Say the Word,” and see…

As the episode begins, the governor is preparing to throw a party, complete with actual chilled drinks. This is a real treat in the apocalyptic land of “The Walking Dead.”

But behind all this party planning is a secret. Behind blinds, we see the governor, playing classical music and brushing the hair of his walker daughter Penny in an attempt to soothe her.

Good luck with that.

Michonne waits outside the window. She senses something is wrong, but she can’t put her finger on it. But there’s a good bet she may put her sword to it.

The new baby looks to be healthy, but Rick is anything but okay. A crazed look in his eyes, he grabs an axe and stalks off to go kill some zombies.

Maggie and Daryl launch a more constructive quest–they head off on a motorcycle to find some formula for the baby.

The governor talks to his assembled followers. He tells them to be proud of what they’ve built and the fact that they’ve survived and maybe even thrived. “We raise a glass to us,” he toasts.

Michonne isn’t buying any of this. She slips away, gets her sword, and goes through the governor’s stuff. She sees a list of dead people and Penny’s name is on the roster. She also comes upon some locked up zombies and hacks them apart.

Her intrusion is found out and she is brought before the governor.

At first he says he has nothing to hide. Then he admits “We all have our secrets.”

Some secrets, however, are worse than others. Michonne says she knows about Penny (though she doesn’t know the whole horrible story). In a swift move, she takes her sword back from the governor and heads out. He lets her go–instead he tries to get Andrea to convince Michonne to stop prying and causing trouble.

Good luck with that.

Michonne tries to convince Andrea to leave with her, but Andrea is tired of running. Living in a meat locker for eight months was enough, she says, and she can’t live another eight months like that again.

Maggie and Daryl finally find some formula and bring it back to the baby.

Michonne and Andrea want to leave, but Merle stops them. He offers some excuse why they can’t leave just yet.

Michonne points out to Andrea that there’s always a reason they can’t leave. “Are you coming or not?” she challenges Andrea.

Andrea is staying. No more meat lockers for her.

“You’d just slow me down anyway,” Michonne says.

She leaves. Merle shuts the gates.

The governor talks to Andrea. “Sorry things didn’t work out,” he says about Michonne leaving. He asks her if she could use a drink and some company. Andrea heads off with him.

Rick is still on his zombie slaughtering anti-quest, and finally arrives at the place where Lori met her doom. He finds the zombie he’s perhaps looking for–a walker with a swollen belly that perhaps contains Lori’s remains–and blows its brains out and stabs it in the stomach repeatedly.

In a sick touch, the zombie’s stomach looks a little bit like a baby bump.

The governor’s celebration is on. He walks through the party with Andrea on his arm.

They’re holding weird MMA-like fights with zombies chained all around the participants. Merle is one of the combatants and puts on a show.

“It’s barbaric,” Andrea complains.

The governor says it’s all staged and the walkers’ teeth have been removed for safety. The whole show is to let people blow off steam. “We’re teaching them not to be afraid,” he says.